Comments on: It puts the lotion in the basket!

It puts the lotion in the basket!

jonson — Thu, 04 Sep 2003 14:45:01 -0800

If you've ever wanted to own a Subterranean Fortress in the Pacific Northwest but didn't want to spend 14 years digging out and building one, your opportunity has arrived at last, priced at only $259,000. Conveniently located underneath a nondescript suburban home, you can use the shelter for fun, play, or surviving nuclear holocaust. Or, if you've seen Silence of the Lambs, you may have other ideas for possible uses.

By: Ljubljana

Ljubljana — Thu, 04 Sep 2003 14:56:46 -0800

jonson puts the lotion on its skin, or else he gets the hose again.

By: carfilhiot

carfilhiot — Thu, 04 Sep 2003 14:58:52 -0800

what you are about to see was dug by one man and his shovel I was just about to slap my $250k down and then I read that.

By: lsd4all

lsd4all — Thu, 04 Sep 2003 15:09:32 -0800

almost as cool as this abandoned missile base tour.

By: weston

weston — Thu, 04 Sep 2003 15:20:58 -0800

Your children would love you for living in this house. And it might make a good recording studio. I want it.

By: jonson

jonson — Thu, 04 Sep 2003 15:27:29 -0800

lsd4all, I assume you saw the comparison between the Subterannean Fortress and the Silo home?

By: strangeleftydoublethink

strangeleftydoublethink — Thu, 04 Sep 2003 15:33:53 -0800

I was thinking about a different Jodie Foster movie.

By: cell divide

cell divide — Thu, 04 Sep 2003 15:39:09 -0800

I remember seeing this home on metafilter years ago (I think). Was it sold and now someone is selling it again, or has it been for sale all this time? Does anyone else remember it being posted here back in 2000 or so? It would be interesting if someone bought it back then and is now re-selling it, I wonder why they didn't like it?

By: hoskala

hoskala — Thu, 04 Sep 2003 15:42:05 -0800

And the nuclear war never came... What a shame it is that this man missed the opportunity to actually use his life's work.

By: xmutex

xmutex — Thu, 04 Sep 2003 15:47:34 -0800

Anyone have a link to the Silo home?

By: stet

stet — Thu, 04 Sep 2003 16:10:37 -0800

Hmmm, he'll be safe from mutant, post-nuclear computer viruses on account of the anti-virus software stored in the EMP-proof computer room. Seriously though, I want one of these. Badly. I'm not *that* paranoid, I just, you know, like my peace and quiet. Too much time in basement apartments, I guess.

By: carter

carter — Thu, 04 Sep 2003 16:27:17 -0800

Dunno about the bunker - but the San Juan Islands area looks beautiful.

By: thirteen

thirteen — Thu, 04 Sep 2003 16:27:28 -0800

I remember seeing this home on metafilter years ago (I think). I think this is a different place.

By: Xoc

Xoc — Thu, 04 Sep 2003 16:41:30 -0800

Real Estate listing for the house. The house is literally on the border to Canada.

By: Johnny Assay

Johnny Assay — Thu, 04 Sep 2003 16:48:06 -0800

The rest of the owner's site is interesting too, if you're into semi-paranoid conspiracy theories.

By: Gamecat

Gamecat — Thu, 04 Sep 2003 17:05:34 -0800

Actually, that site looks like it belongs to the owner's son. Only semi-paranoid?

By: LinusMines

LinusMines — Thu, 04 Sep 2003 17:18:49 -0800

I remember watching the History Channel segment on this shelter some weeks back. Dr. Snyder, if I recall correctly, had little or no background in construction when he began his project, and yet managed to successfully craft the shelter without raising the curiosity of friends and neighbors. His family hinted that there were additional layout details secret enough they weren't to be revealed on-camera. Of course, they most likely involved its primary function of keeping anything outside from getting inside. It's no wonder that the segment made me think of this.

By: m@

m@ — Thu, 04 Sep 2003 17:45:24 -0800

Strangely, it didn't make me think of this but now that Gamecat says the owner has a son....hmmm.

By: majick

majick — Thu, 04 Sep 2003 17:52:49 -0800

How can this thing be cheaper than my 96 year old, decrepit, disintegrating hovel in an Oakland ghetto most noted for its drive-by shootings, Bubb Rubb of "woo woo!" fame, proximity to a former parking lot for "nuclear wessels," and NFL-derived riots? What did the guy make it out of, paper? Or is the quarter mil just for his scale model of the place?

By: majick

majick — Thu, 04 Sep 2003 17:57:23 -0800

And after looking at the realtor's listing -- it's bigger than my little wooden deathtrap, too? Insult to injury. Maybe it's because of the dangerous proximity of Canadia?

By: jonson

jonson — Thu, 04 Sep 2003 17:57:57 -0800

He's selling it at 50% off, according to the link. Maybe he needs to money to build a rocketship to escape to the moon on.

By: dorian

dorian — Thu, 04 Sep 2003 18:31:27 -0800

caveat emptor boobytraps...

By: dal211

dal211 — Thu, 04 Sep 2003 18:34:47 -0800

This site looks as if it belonged to the former owner himself.

By: stonerose

stonerose — Thu, 04 Sep 2003 19:15:52 -0800

Not a target? That dining room looks like it already got hit by a ten megaton airburst of bad fucking taste.

By: skallas

skallas — Thu, 04 Sep 2003 19:34:29 -0800

> He's selling it at 50% off, according to the link Heh, laid-off cold warrior needs money. Blames commies.

By: yhbc

yhbc — Thu, 04 Sep 2003 19:40:04 -0800

Did anyone else get a kick out of the dinky little hook-and-eye latch on the 1,000 pound cement door? For that matter, why do you need a 1,000 pound cement door for your potty?

By: stonerose

stonerose — Thu, 04 Sep 2003 19:50:28 -0800

why do you need a 1,000 pound cement door for your potty? Uhhh... you have a roommate who likes Guinness and spicy chicken wings?

By: NGnerd

NGnerd — Thu, 04 Sep 2003 21:01:58 -0800

i just like the fact that it goes 40 feet down and the toilets still run into the sewer system. Unless the whole system is gravity fed and goes straight into the beautifal waters (i doubt it) he's going to have some serious back up problems when the end of hte world occurs (forget about vagrants getting in his house, he needs to worry about the poop getting in (or out))

By: dejah420

dejah420 — Thu, 04 Sep 2003 21:02:13 -0800

I want it...I want it a lot. If I had it, I'd be half of the way to evil supervillain... White fluffy cat - check Secret Lair - check All I'd be missing is an army of goons and some over the top plan to take over the world using nothing more than 3 naked midgets, a stick of butter and a tangerine.

By: ROU_Xenophobe

ROU_Xenophobe — Thu, 04 Sep 2003 23:25:27 -0800

YOU FOOL, dejah! It's impossible to take over the world with 3 naked midgets, a stick of butter, and a tangerine! Every true supervillian knows to spring for the tangelos! They may not look like much, but they've got it where it counts. And it's more successful all around to have 1 naked midget and 3 sticks of butter, trust me on this.

By: dejah420

dejah420 — Fri, 05 Sep 2003 07:51:38 -0800

HAHA! I laugh at your tangelos and raise the stakes to...Naval Oranges! Ha! Fear my citrusy armada of doom!

By: m@

m@ — Fri, 05 Sep 2003 09:06:59 -0800

The strong have no need for butter and midgets, Bow down to me and my Ugly Fruit and I will spare your lives.

By: Dreama

Dreama — Fri, 05 Sep 2003 09:07:24 -0800

I scoff at your tangelos and naval oranges. I have Meyer Lemons and key limes! Beat that! Oh, I also have an EMP safe bathroom. You know, so that the beams can't get to me when I'm in the shower.

By: jonson

jonson — Fri, 05 Sep 2003 13:03:39 -0800

I have an EPMD safe bathroom - if their music ever comes back in vogue, I plan to hide in the shower.